Western Reserve is 9-1 against New London since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Western Reserve Roughriders will be playing at home against the New London Wildcats at 5:30 p.m.
Western Reserve is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest loss since October 18, 2023 on Tuesday. They came up short against Monroeville, falling 3-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Roughriders were not able to get on the board.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-9, 25-21.
Meanwhile, New London entered their tilt with Crestview on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 3-1.
New London had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 28-30, 25-16, 25-22, 25-19.
New London relied on the efforts of Ava Ringler, who had 32 digs, and Hailie Pylant, who had 11 digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Pylant a new career-high in aces.
New London was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive games.
Western Reserve's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-5. As for New London, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-9 record this season.
Western Reserve took their victory against New London in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Does Western Reserve have another victory up their sleeve, or will New London turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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